Ryder system CEO Robert Sanchez has spent more than 30 years in a truck company and equipment, as well as a dozen years as chief executive and chairman of the board. Miami Fortune 500 Fortune Company operates 250,000 commercial trucks and provides $ 12.6 billion in revenue each year. Sanchez, who first started in the company in 1993, told Luck There are two important practices that make him thin and throw in all jars.
The first is to work, which he tries to do every morning. Nothing to be pleasant, weight training only when he looks CNBCSaid Sanchez. He was running, but his doctor told him when he was growing up it was best to stick to the weight, and Sanchez said his exercise process has not changed since high school.
The second is to be “maniacal” on time management, he said.
“When I started Ryder for the first time, I was very bad for time management; I didn't write anything down and I was too bad for following and tracking what I needed to do,” said Sanchez. “I relied heavily on small yellow-em pads.”
He would write notes and attach it to his computer screen, Sanchez said. His boss at the time realized very quickly that he needed to increase the supplement and sent Sanchez to a time management class led by the Leadership Training Group Franklin Covey.
“Basically, it was a one -day class and they teach you how to set up a calendar of what you want to do and then also make a list of things you must do every day,” said Sanchez. “It seems very basic, but I never thought of this so it was a game change for me.”
Sanchez, 59, climbed the stairs, working in property management and transportation and taking responsibility for the company's leadership team in 2003 when he was given a chief information officer. He was appointed the Chief Financial Officer in 2007, and in 2012, he took over the main role of the chief executive. Less than a year later, in January 2013, he was called the CEO. The board elected the chairman in May the same year.
The one -day course helped Sanchez be more organized on his time at work for years, which also allowed him to be more organized at home. He has a wife and three sons who are all adults now; The oldest is 30 and the youngest is 25.
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Sanchez's children played competitive games growing up. And as a father, Sanchez felt the pressure to make it possible for their games and to be present, which led to some creative solutions. Sanchez taught one of his son baseball teams while maintaining a heavy travel schedule. He did this by putting the practice on Friday night – the parents didn't like it, but he knew Friday he would be jumping home and he could go to the stadium.
Even at that time, though, sometimes he had to work.
“There was a time when my plane would be delayed,” he recalled. “I would be driving from the airport to the stadium and I would be changing in the car, which my wife was sure one day the police were arresting me for – a change around the children's park – but fortunately, that never happened.”
Sanchez also has clear eyes on his need for dedication. He did not play golf until his first child left the university because he did not have time for that.
“My life was working with families and children,” he said. “You must make choices in your priorities and you must stick with it.”
Sanchez's home life also gives him a good measure of humility and attitude, in honor of his wife, Melly. The two have been married for 33 years. He said when he was called COO in Ryder, Melly was doing his hair and another client discovered the connection, commenting that Sanchez was now as the second command in the company.
Melly's answer? “Ah my God, it's very good. As at home,” Sanchez told Luck.
But despite their son, Sanchez claims his 33 -year marriage as a key to his success.
“Being able to know that you have someone at home who is very supportive and helps keep the family together, to keep things moving forward when you have to focus on work,” he said. “It is impossible without it.”
And the reward is that when Sanchez was not perfect in his attendance at his children's games, he had intentional – even if it meant sometimes turned into his teaching gear at the airport parking airport.
“I could feel good about that balance because I knew that if I didn't make a game on Tuesday, I would actually do Wednesday because I had it on my calendar, it's blocked.”